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The Master and Margarita
by Mikhail Bulgakov
The Master and Margarita was a fantastic novel but not one I think can ever be fully understood because of its vast complexity. While reading the novel I felt as if I were in a feverish dream. Bulgakov must have had an intense imagination and frequently used hallucinogens while writing the book, I don’t mean this in a provocative way, I mean that it’s the only explanation I can think of that would explain the strangeness of the book.
The translated version by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky is useful with it’s footnotes and collection of personal notes Bulgakov kept while writing the novel. Bulgakov’s personal notes are intriguing in that they shed some insight into the motivations and fears Bulgakov had while writing the novel during Stalin’s reign. Without the notes provided by Pevear and Volokhonsky I suspect that I would have stopped reading the book half way through because my intellect is not capable of penetrating this epic novel. Good luck and enjoy!
The translated version by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky is useful with it’s footnotes and collection of personal notes Bulgakov kept while writing the novel. Bulgakov’s personal notes are intriguing in that they shed some insight into the motivations and fears Bulgakov had while writing the novel during Stalin’s reign. Without the notes provided by Pevear and Volokhonsky I suspect that I would have stopped reading the book half way through because my intellect is not capable of penetrating this epic novel. Good luck and enjoy!